Voorbeelden van outflanking

• It asserted that they could be employed either to break through the enemy's defences, or, by outflanking it, attack its lines of communication and headquarters.

• They were determined to finish off a visibly disheartened and disorganised army by concentrating superior forces and the methodical use of encirclement and outflanking.

• Within two days the reality on the ground had completely changed in favour of the guerrillas, who found a gap which made viable an outflanking operation.

• It is addressed specifically to outflanking the veto.

• I hope that he will accept my assurance that it was not done with a view to outflanking him in any way.

• The rules of the game provide for ambush, for outflanking, long-range bombardment, trench warfare, attack at dawn, and indeed for hand-to-hand engagement.

• A quick outflanking movement hurried him back.

• The first is the outflanking method.

• From an anchor point firefighters can work to contain a wild land fire without the fire outflanking them.

• The primary methods for attack was either to break through the enemy formation or by outflanking it.

• There were two primary methods for attack: by breaking through the enemy formation ("diekplous") or by outflanking it ("periplous").

• However, they were delayed by the steep rocky country, so their outflanking movement was not complete until after dark.

• The "periplous" involved outflanking or encircling the enemy so as to attack them in the vulnerable rear or side by line abreast.

• Attacks had been made indirectly, using ground for cover and a number of outflanking moves had succeeded.

• As this was the highest point of the river to which batteaux could navigate, it was safe from outflanking moves by water.